Object class: Weapons / Donor: University Appropriation / Accession number: Acc.2155 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 5-6965, described as Native name: nzabo-small bird arrow Arrow; reed shaft with 4 barbed point base of wood and woven twine coated with chalky substance; extended wood point inserted and ties to shaft with twine and sinew; 3 guinea hen feathers; l. 60 cm. Materials: reed, wood, guinea hen feathers, twine, sinew Used by young men to kill birds for eating and sometimes for feathers. This one for small birds. Made by men

Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 5-6942, described as Arrow; cane shaft with feathers wrapped with red raffia; iron head wrapped with sinew; l. 58 cm; dia. 1 cm; head l. 11 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 5-6099, described as Beaded arrow; cylindrical staff notched one end; other end has dark mastic implanted with glass disc. Used by boys just after circumcision to shoot at uncircumcised boys and at girls; found in deserted Masai manyatta (village).

Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 5-6015, described as Arrow; reed shaft; iron laurel-leaf point with twisted barbed shank; feathers; L. 67 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 5-6939, described as Arrow; cane shaft with feathers wrapped with red raffia; iron head inserted into foreshaft and wrapped with sinew. L. 60 cm. Head L. 3.5 cm. Dia 1.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 5-6964, described as Native name: Kikaba- large bird arrow Arrow; reed shaft with barbed wood point inserted in shaft; fletched; l. 68 cm. Materials: reed; wood; feathers Used by young men to kill bird for eating and sometimes for feathers. This arrow is for large birds. Kikaba- with barbs carved on the point is used for shooting large birds. Nzabo-with separate barbs tied in at the base of the point is used for killing small birds. Made by men

Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 5-6938, described as Arrow; cane shaft with feathers wrapped with red raffia; iron head wrapped with sinew; l. 61 cm; dia l. cm; head l. 12 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 5-6941, described as Arrow; cane shaft with feathers wrapped with red raffia; iron head wrapped with sinew; l. 59 cm; dia. 1 cm; head l. 9.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 5-6940, described as Arrow; cane shaft with feathers wrapped with red raffia; iron head wrapped with sinew; l. 63 cm; dia. 1.5 cm; head l. 13.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 5-6014, described as Arrow; reed shaft; iron laurel-leaf point with twisted barbed shank; feathers; L. 67 cm.